Hi i am not good in javascript. This is a part of code from my ajax search auto-suggest and i need to replace "word" text with the text that es from input. How can I do that?

<input type="text" id="selectedInput"/><ul id="list"></ul>    
<script>    
var keyword = "word";  (wrong code)      
url: "=" + keyword + "&entity=musicTrack",
..

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Hi i am not good in javascript. This is a part of code from my ajax search auto-suggest and i need to replace "word" text with the text that es from input. How can I do that?

<input type="text" id="selectedInput"/><ul id="list"></ul>    
<script>    
var keyword = "word";  (wrong code)      
url: "http://itunes.apple./search?term=" + keyword + "&entity=musicTrack",
..

See http://jsfiddle/coladeu/Qhj5N/3/

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• When do you want it? When the page loads? Or when an event occurs? – I Hate Lazy Commented Sep 23, 2012 at 18:56
• i want it when event occurs. when i type characters, to start show me the suggestions. i dont think is that hard but i am not good in js. – Bengau Commented Sep 23, 2012 at 20:11

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This will obtain the value in your textbox.

var keyword = document.getElementById('selectedInput').value;

Edit:

Just as an FYI, the same thing can be acplished using jQuery:

$('#selectedInput').val();

You can use $('#selectedInput').val() here is an example

http://jsfiddle/Qhj5N/4/